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PTERYGOIDS
Definition of PTERYGOIDS
noun
plural of pterygoid
adjective
Of, pertaining to or lying in the region of the inferior part of the sphenoid bone of the vertebrate skull.
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Word DNA
PTERYGOIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, PTERYGOID.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,608)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PTERYGOID · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PTERYGOIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PTERYGOIDS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEGIOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PTERYG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PTERYGOIDS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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